Rand Paul's base are the Southern Democrats who became Republicans after Nixon changed the party strategy to be mean to black people ("Negros") in 1976. (see proof in links below)

I.E. THE REPUBLICANS OF TODAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEING SLAVES OR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THEY ARE THE DEMOCRATS WHO LOST AND THEN BECAME REPUBLICANS WHILE THE REPUBLICANS WHO HELPED THE BLACKS ARE NOW DEMOCRATS.

PROOFS

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_DemocratsWhen
Richard Nixon courted voters with his Southern Strategy, many
Democrats became Republicans and the South became fertile ground for
the GOP, which conversely was becoming more conservative as the
Democrats were becoming more liberal. However, Democratic incumbents
still held sway over voters in many states, especially those of the
Deep South. Although Republicans won most presidential elections in
Southern states starting in 1964, Democrats controlled nearly every
Southern state legislature until the mid-1990s and had a
moderate(although not huge) amount of members in state legislatures
until 2010. In fact, until 2002, Democrats still had much control over
Southern politics. It wasn't until the 1990s that Democratic control
gradually collapsed, starting with the elections of 1994, in which
Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress, through the rest
of the decade. Republicans first dominated presidential elections in
the South, then controlled Southern gubernatorial and U.S. Congress
elections, then took control of elections to state legislatures and
lastly came to control local offices in the South. Southern Democrats
of today who vote for the Democratic ticket are mostly urban liberals.
Rural residents tend to vote for the Republican ticket, although there
are a sizable number of Conservative Democrats.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_republicans_become_democrats_and_democrats_become_republicans"Republicans were always mostly in the Northern states ever since the
Civil war. Also republicans favored a strong central government, hence
Abraham Lincoln using the most federal power in history. The
democratic party was always mostly in the southern states ever since
the civil war because many Democrats supported slavery which was mostly
in the South. Up unitl 1976 did democrats start to be mostly in the
northern states and republicans in the southern states like it is
today. They basically flip flopped demographics and ideas over 150
years."Rand Paul used a racist strategy that Nixon has made the main GOP political strategy almost 50 years ago. That's not a matter for debate. You can go hysterical if you like. Better yet, go into denial. It takes courage to face the truth of something this low about someone you look up to. If you voted for Bush twice, emotional courage is something you probably don't have.Relevant Aphorism: The truth will set you free... but it may hurt like hell first.Larry Wilmore remains unconvinced by Republican Rand Paul's African American recruitment pitch.

Quotes

"Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty." - Rumi

"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that." - Joseph Campbell

"Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history." - Carl Jung

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." - George Washington

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” - Dalai Lama

“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison. When the door is so wide open?” ― Rumi